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Table 1 Case series characteristics and EGFR mutations distribution

From: Detection and characterization of classical and “uncommon” exon 19 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor mutations in lung cancer by pyrosequencing

 

N

EGFR mutations

  

Total mutated

p value

EXON 19

EXON 21

Total

321

61 (19.0%)

 

44 (72.1%)

17 (27.9%)

Sex

     

 Male

186 (57.9%)

21 (11.3%)

<0.0001

14 (66.7%)

7 (33.3%)

 Female

135 (42.1%)

40 (29.6%)

30 (75.0%)

10 (25.0%)

Surgical samples

75 (23.4%)

17 (22.6%)

0.40

10 (58.8%)

7 (41.2%)

Non surgical samples

246 (76.6%)

44 (17.8%)

34 (77.2%)

10 (22.7%)

 Biopsies

150 (46.7%)

26 (17.3%)

0.86

20 (76.9%)

6 (23.1%)

 Cytology (cell blocks)

87 (27.1%)

16 (18.3%)

14 (87.5%)

2 (12.5%)

 Cytology (smears)

9 (2.8%)

2 (22.2%)

 

0

2 (100%)

Location

     

 Primary tumors

226 (70.4%)

45 (19.9%)

0.64

33 (73.3%)

12 (26.7%)

 Metastases

95 (29.6%)

16 (16.8%)

 

11 (68.8%)

5 (31.2%)

Diagnosis

     

 ADC

269 (83.8%)

53 (19.7%)

0.83

37 (69.8%)

16 (30.2%)

 NSCLC (favor ADC)

37 (11.6%)

7 (18.9%)

 

7 (100%)

0 (0%)

 NSCLC NOS

4 (1.2%)

0

 

-

-

 Non-ADC

11 (3.4%)

1 (9.1%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

  1. Legend: ADC: adenocarcinoma; NSCLC: non small cell lung cancer; NOS: non otherwise specified.